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Daily hansan
53rd Year, No. 60
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, December 10, 1954
Benton Selected As 'Miss Santa'
Miss Jo Ann Benton, fine arts freshman, was chosen today as "Miss Santa."
She will be interviewed at 7:15 p.m. today on KDGU and will attend the Christmas dance sponsored by the University Veterans organization in the Student Union at 9 p.m. She will be presented with more than $170 worth of gifts from Lawrence merchants.
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Miss Benton represented North College hall in the contest sponsored by the Daily Kansan and KDGU. The contestants were judged on pictures by six male students. The judges were Keaton Duckworth, and Kenneth Fligg from the School of Law; Robert Hinkel and Robert Kennedy from the School of Engineering, and Roth Gatewood and Charles Goldenberg from the School of Business.
Miss Benton is from Overland Park and last year was homecoming queen at Shawnee Mission High school.
The five finalists in the contest appeared on the "Go or Goof" KDGU program Wednesday and received red carnation corsages from the Daily Kansan and an album of KU songs from the Student Union book store. The finalists wore corsages to class Thursday.
The five finalists chosen from 27 contestants were Donna Francis, fine arts senior; Joyne Goode, college freshman; Dianne Nodhurdt, business junior; Donna Jean Johnson, fine arts senior, and Miss Benton. Their pictures are on display in the Student Union lounge.
UN Presses For 'Spy' Vote
United Nations, N.Y.—(U.P.)-The United Nations General Assembly showed determination to thwart Soviet delaying tactics and reach a vote today on a resolution demanding release of 11 American airmen jailed as "spies" by Red China. The Assembly adjourned yesterday with a stirring appeal from British Minister of State Anthony Nutting to Russia and its Peiping allies not to "make a mockery of human suffering" by holding prisoners who should have been repatriated last year at Panmunjom. Assembly President Eelco N. van Kleeffens, with 10 speakers still listed, including Russia's filibuster-minded Jacob A. Malik, summoned the 60-nation Assembly to another meeting this morning to press for a vote before adjourning.
The chorale will sing a Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Three Christmas Carols by Peter Warlock, and Puer Nobilis by Lloyd Pafschus.
Prof. Calderwood will read Charles Dickens "Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, over stations KANU and FKKU. Prof. Calderwood has told the story over KFKU the past 13 Christmas seasons and over KANU the past two seasons.
"Amah and the Night Visitors"
a Christmas opera by Gian-Carlo
3 Campus Musical Features Highlight KANU Christmas
The chorale, under the direction of Clayton Krebbiel, assistant professor of music education, will present a recorded program of Christmas music on the program "Music from Mt. Oread" at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26.
The KU Chorale; Robert Calderwod, associate professor emeritus of speech and drama, and Mrs. Bernice Harvey, graduate student, will be featured on three of the special Christmas programs to be broadcast over station KANU.
Menotti, will be heard at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 6, which is Twelth
Night. The opera, a musical story
of the travels of the wise men,
will be narrated by Mrs. Harvey.
Weather
Increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures will move into Kansas today. Skies will be mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with snow in the northwest portion. It will be warmer, with showers likely in the east, tomorrow. Increasingly southerly winds will shift to northerly bringing with them colder weather over most of the state tomorrow night. Highs today will be 50-55 northeast to near 60 southwest. Lows tonight will be in the 30s in the northwest to near 40 in the southeast.
Many Christmas Activities Set for Next Week on Campus
If any KU student goes home for vacation without a little bit of Christmas spirit rubbed off on him, it won't be for lack of an opportunity. With the program of activities packed into next week, he can hardly miss attending or participating in some Christmas function.
The schedule of tree trimming parties, dancing, caroling parties, and religious programs offers any phase of Christmas the student may be interested in.
Religious organizations will hold Christmas programs and services throughout the week. The Messiah will be presented at the First Christian church at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, and a continuous communion service will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the chapel of the Methodist Student center.
The annual Christmas Vespers with tableau will be held at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium.
The Student Union will hold open house on Monday and Wednesday nights. At 7:30 p.m. Monday a Christmas program will be presented in the ballroom.
The open house events Wednesday will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the main lounge with the Christmas story featuring the KU Chorale and readings from the scriptures and modern poetry. The program
is under the direction of the Worship and the Arts group of the YMCA and YWCA. Carols will be sung and refreshments served at 8:15 p.m. A dance will be held at 9 p.m. in the main lounge.
A caroling party sponsored by the YMCA and WYCA for all students will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union lounge.
The Dean of Students office will hold a party for Foreign students at 4 p.m. Wednesday. At 4:15 p.m., the A Cappella choir will sing around the Christmas tree in Strong hall.
'Santa' Photos Ready Monday
All entrants in the Miss Santa contest may pick up prints of the official judging photographs in the Kansan business office, 111 Journalism, beginning Monday, Dec. 13. In addition to the official 8x10 judging photo, two contact prints on Christmas card stock are available for the entrants at no charge.